As Economic Indicators Get Worse, the US Revs Up the Next Multi-Trillion Stimulus

Breakdown-7.25
25 July 2020

The Breakdown Weekly Recap covers growing U.S.-China tensions, worsening job numbers and the next casual $1 trillion to $3 trillion in stimulus.

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This week on the Breakdown Weekly Recap, NLW covers:

  • A terrible week for U.S.-China tensions, with dueling consulate closures and a strikingly hawkish speech from U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
  • Worsening economic indicators, particularly around jobless claims which saw their first weekly rise in four months
  • The likely size of the next U.S. stimulus bill

This week on The Breakdown:

Monday | What Is GPT-3 and Should We Be Terrified? 

Tuesday | What’s Behind the Fed’s New Push to Promote Inflation? 

Wednesday | A Simple Explanation of DeFi and Yield Farming Using Actual Human Words 

Thursday | Will Big Tech Enable or Destroy Small Business? Feat. Sahil Bloom

Friday | Could the European Recovery Plan Actually Break Europe Apart? 

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